So, who's going to be Melinoe's canon LI?

[Rayder]

In Hades the LIs were Meg and Than.

Just met Icarus and tbh it feels like something's going on between him and Mel.

Personally I would prefer Heracles the gigachad

[Max Kojote, M.SC]

I'm guessing probably something with Moros, a sort of parallel to Zag and Than. Icarus feels like they were in a relationship but ended it on mutual agreement.
I'm thinking of something similar with her and Nem as well. Parallel to Zag and Meg's original antipathy.

As for Heracles. Well.

Look.

If Mel doesn't want Heracles, I'll take him. Guy is an absolute stud.

[roronoapedro]

hey just off the cuff here do you know how heracles historically treats his women

[Overeagerdragon]

I wouldn't be surprised for a Nem/Od LI

[Rusty Knight]

Probably Moros and Nemesis, although Dora hits it off really nicely with Moros.

[Max Kojote, M.SC]

Originally posted by roronoapedro:

hey just off the cuff here do you know how heracles historically treats his women

I know one instance was courtesy of Hera, not sure of the others.

But I'd be one of his men. So that's fine, right? What Could Go Wrong.

[Wynndawnstrider]

There seems to be something going on with icarus but I haven't seen him enough to know for sure, personally I'm kinda hoping for moros

[Specific Beef]

Arachne is currently showing the most signs of falling for Mel in response to the gifts, and outright says it. I think we're going to reverse her curse and she'll be a romance-able character.

Hecate had something odd to say about Icarus as if she already knew there was history between him and Mel.

Nemesis is in the Megaera role, so she's another possibility. Maybe even Eris, despite her current frost.

[Knight_of_Gallifrey]

Originally posted by Max Kojote, BIE:

But I'd be one of his men. So that's fine, right? What Could Go Wrong.

Well, Iolaus did get Megara as a gift from Hercules so you got that to look forward too.

[Rum Tum Tugger]

If you get far enough in the Odysseus friendship, Mel makes it clear that she sees him as an older brother/uncle, so that's unlikely to happen. I think Moros is a strong contender...maybe some real enemies to lovers dynamics with Nemesis and/or Eris.

But I'm personally hoping for Arachne.

[Ame-kun]

eris deffo

[Circe]

The most likely are Moros and Nemesis, but I'm personally hoping for Odysseus as well. T T

[Pickupsticks]

You can encounter Icarus on the way to Olympus on the boats, seems like they were intimate in the past, likely he is one based on the dialog I've seen

[The Sojourner]

Eris is a trash goddess who clashes with just about everyone, including Mel. Judging by how much each character can be gifted (as seen in the Book of Shadows), my bets are on Nemesis and Moros, and possibly Odysseus.

[AsianJaysus]

I could actually see them just NOT doing romance in this one. Zagreus was a lazy, layabout prince who was living in a time of relative peace. Most of his romantic relationships were already established before the game even started and the actual romance was rekindling/pursuing those prospects.

Mel on the other hand is a soldier. She was basically raised and groomed for one purpose and one purpose only: Death to Chronos. You can see it in how she interacts with the other gods and how she keeps her room and talks to Dora about it. A big theme in this game so far is the dynamic between Eris and Melinoe and how she takes everything so seriously and Eris' whole thing is to do what you want but, by Mel's own words, her only desire is to kill Chronos.

That also crops up in the Icarus dialogue that some of the other responses have mentioned and, to me, that conversation made it seem like more of a one-sided crush: Icarus fell for Melinoe, but she was just like, "that's cute, Death to Chronos"

[Noxgarm]

Icarus and Melinoë were definitely a thing at some point, given their dialogue.

Eris definitely has a thing for Melinoë, what with calling her babe, the nickname "Trouble", and how hard she's trying to get her to see her viewpoint.

Nemesis is definitely an option, the "rival to lover" pipeline is a classic. Mel had a line after a trip to the spring with Nem that she would "gladly help her take off her armor again" , which, you know...

I think Moros is a potential love interest, though I don't think Mel and him have that much chemistry right now, thouhg it might be due to them not having history together unlike the other three.